Thomas Obscured

Thomas Obscured

in progress

The Wax of our Being

The Wax of our Being

schedules arise within
time's seeming presence..
placed with  projections
of time's spacial future..

our freedom is at stake
as the schedule separates
and controls..

until we recognize
these thoughts and
projections are all
made of the
Wax of our Being...

Thirst...Mary Oliver

"Thirst" by Mary Oliver

Another morning and I wake with thirst
for the goodness I do not have. I walk
out to the pond and all the way God has
given us such beautiful lessons. Oh Lord,
I was never a quick scholar but sulked
and hunched over my books past the hour
and the bell; grant me, in your mercy,
a little more time. Love for the earth
and love for you are having such a long
conversation in my heart. Who knows what
will finally happen or where I will be sent,
yet already I have given a great many things
away, expecting to be told to pack nothing,
except the prayers which, with this thirst,
I am slowy learning.

— Mary Oliver, Thirst


Also:
Mary Oliver on Time, Concentration...Brain Pickings
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/10/12/mary-oliver-upstream-creativity-power-time/

My name is Legion

My name is Legion

for we are many..

Many of my names are yours

and yours mine..

We live with clouded visions

named by outworn beliefs

and mistaken identities..

We desperately need

to  pierce the clouds

to discover the glowing

of  peace and grace lying

hidden behind our names..

Those pigs might assist...!

Alpha and Omega

Alpha and Omega

beginnings 

and endings

mark our momentary

thoughts and perceptions..

passing through

we observe these

temporary visitations..

but who among us

asks of the medium

for these passages.?

whatever the medium

it seems to be

 quietly expressing

 what is permanent..

and..

 noticing our medium

yields eternal benefit:

experiencing ourselves 

as peace and grace...

Beauty cannot be seen, but all perceptions shine with it. Love cannot be felt, but all feelings are made of it. Truth cannot be known, but all thoughts express it. 

~~Rupert Spira

Ashes

Ashes

thoughts outworn
beliefs outworn
paradigms outworn
these are kindling
for a fire at the 
core of our being..
the fire is ever lit
and ready for
burning to ashes
all that lingers 
too long
cluttering our
knowing of 
who we are...

Rupert Spira:  Questioning the Matter Model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnziYdLR1Ww&list=PLjLULqAA72YtbliuF-xUXNY9nwGmC0IcG&index=3&t=649s


Rupert Spira, The Ashes of Love (pdf excerpt)
https://nondualityamerica.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/ashes_of_love_sample.pdf

The Daily Quote from Rupert Spira, 19th June 2019:
Just as one sun is reflected in numerous puddles, each showing a separate image of the same sun, so the unlimited and ever-present light of pure Knowing is reflected in seven billion minds as the feeling ‘I am’, giving rise to the appearance of seven billion selves.

Lethe

Lethe

Yes..Lethe
the river of forgetfulness
from the land of myth..
Today it is a
poetic name for our
 forgetfulness at birth
with a life-long wish
to remember our
 inner teacher..
We may have
many teachers which
help and hinder..
unpredictable
 the effect of either..
We await 
an experience simple
which clears final brush
and we remember
the teacher long hidden
in our forgetfulness...